Download or read book Tricks of the Trade written by Howard S. Becker and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-09-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on more than four decades of experience as a researcher and teacher, Howard Becker now brings to students and researchers the many valuable techniques he has learned. Tricks of the Trade will help students learn how to think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sage advice, students can make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas on where to look next for new data. The tricks cover four broad areas of social science: the creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data; the development of "concepts" to organize findings; and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found. Becker's advice ranges from simple tricks such as changing an interview question from "Why?" to "How?" (as a way of getting people to talk without asking for a justification) to more technical tricks such as how to manipulate truth tables. Becker has extracted these tricks from a variety of fields such as art history, anthropology, sociology, literature, and philosophy; and his dazzling variety of references ranges from James Agee to Ludwig Wittgenstein. Becker finds the common principles that lie behind good social science work, principles that apply to both quantitative and qualitative research. He offers practical advice, ideas students can apply to their data with the confidence that they will return with something they hadn't thought of before. Like Writing for Social Scientists, Tricks of the Trade will bring aid and comfort to generations of students. Written in the informal, accessible style for which Becker is known, this book will be an essential resource for students in a wide variety of fields. "An instant classic. . . . Becker's stories and reflections make a great book, one that will find its way into the hands of a great many social scientists, and as with everything he writes, it is lively and accessible, a joy to read."—Charles Ragin, Northwestern University

Download or read book Tricks of the Trade written by Jamie Kamph and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tricks of the Trade written by J. R. Roberts and published by Jove Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gunslinger Clint Adams and the aging "Two Cent" Luke Drogan are two masters of the six-gun--two living legends of the Old West. But a showdown is inevitable--and only one will walk away. Original.

Download or read book Trade of the Tricks written by Graham Jones and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From risqué cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, Trade of the Tricks offers an unprecedented look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. Entering the flourishing Paris magic scene as an apprentice, Graham M. Jones gives a firsthand account of how magicians learn to perform their astonishing deceptions. He follows the day-to-day lives of some of France’s most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. In a book brimming with humor and surprise, Jones shows how today’s magicians marshal creativity and passion in striving to elevate their amazing skill into high art. The book’s lively cast of characters includes female and queer performers whose work is changing the face of a historically masculine genre.

Download or read book Tricks of the Trades written by Bruce Van Sant and published by Cruising Guide Publications. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bruce van Sant provides an account of his decades of experience sailing and trawlering through the islands of the trade winds to South America, and shares information he has gleaned on health, thieves, con artists, corrupt officials, equipment, brokers, outfitters, navigation, security, weather, finding a boat, and other topics.

Download or read book Tricks of the Trade to Success written by Paul Kelly and published by King of the Castle Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TA-DAAAH! Paul Kelly makes the ordinary extraordinary with a little bit of magic and a whole lot of wisdom. Tired of spinning your wheels? Do you want to take your business, your career, your family, your life to the next level? Paul Kelly has grown one of America's most successful HVAC and plumbing companies, enjoying years of exceptional growth that's the envy of the industry. Now he offers his experience and expertise to you. With Paul as your guide, you'll learn how to . . . *Convince anyone of anything *Win the war for talent *Set and achieve goals *Make more out of the business you already get *Advertise effectively-even on a budget *Get everyone on the same page *Earn customers' loyalty and trust *Create an environment that encourages success *Rev up your sales engine?Get rid of the hiccups (seriously) *And more! Paul Kelly's vast experience and know-how are between these covers. Read "Tricks of the Trade to Success," put it to work, and let it change your life and your business in ways that will make you wave your hand with a flourish, take a bow, and say . . .TA-DAAAH!

Download or read book Tricks of the Trade written by Janice Lieberman and published by Dell. This book was released on 1998 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two of America's savviest consumer investigators, this book offers shopping strategies, insider secrets of dubious sales techniques, and tips for making an informed purchase. Focusing on the ten most common major purchases from jewelry to automobiles to electronics, Janice Lieberman and Jason Raff will save you money. The book also features some of the behind-the-scenes stories of their undercover investigations. You won't believe some of the scams, cons and swindles they uncover, but you'll be glad they did.

Download or read book Tricks of the Trade written by Jimmie Wood and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Neural Networks Tricks of the Trade written by Grégoire Montavon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-11-14 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty last years have been marked by an increase in available data and computing power. In parallel to this trend, the focus of neural network research and the practice of training neural networks has undergone a number of important changes, for example, use of deep learning machines. The second edition of the book augments the first edition with more tricks, which have resulted from 14 years of theory and experimentation by some of the world's most prominent neural network researchers. These tricks can make a substantial difference (in terms of speed, ease of implementation, and accuracy) when it comes to putting algorithms to work on real problems.

Download or read book Tricks of the Trade written by Christopher Knoll and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tricks of the Trade is a collection of short stories written by Chris Knoll in the late 1980s that delve into the supernatural. The first short for which the book is titled has our hero trying to save his friend from selling his soul to the devil by beating the demon at his own game. “Sleep Well” is a sleep study that has gone terribly wrong making the students prisoners of their own dreams. “Savior II” follows a man’s last day on earth as he witnesses nuclear destruction. The fourth in the series, “The Bag” is an exorcism gone wrong and the frantic attempt to send the demon back to hell. “Kravitis’s Fall” is the struggle between good and evil as a construction worker nears death. “Misery’s Children” centers around a brother and sister, who, after their father’s death, learn the tragic and horrific truth about their inheritance. A pickpocket in “The Light Touch” steals the wrong wallet. A shape-shifter becomes whatever he wishes to do whatever he wants in the “Roue.” You will want to read Tricks of the Trade with all the lights on. If you dream, you may want to wait until morning to read this. Otherwise...sleep well!

Download or read book Tricks of the Trade written by Laura Anne Gilman and published by MIRA. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When magic goes wrong, who are you going to call? The name's Torres, Bonnie Torres, and I'm a paranormal scene investigator—rooting out the truth about crimes of magic. It's dangerous and boring and scary and fascinating. Though not everyone in the Cosa Nostradamus is happy we're around, which can make things…tricky. Working two cases—looking into a murder for the NYPD, and a rich man's break-in—should be well within our abilities. But when things start getting weird in the Electric Apple, Private Unaffiliated Paranormal Investigations is stretched to the limits, trying to keep one step ahead and out of trouble. Add in rumors of a powerful creature gunning for us and it's not just our rep on the line this time—if we don't solve this case, everyone will suffer. Fortunately, around here, when the going gets weird, the weird hire us.…

Download or read book Tricks of the Trade written by Ben Tyler and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When all-American actor Jim Fallon's appetite for virile young guys is exposed, he's about to tell all, with a little help from Rod Dominguez and Bart Cain who's been looking for just such an opportunity.

Download or read book The Tricks of the Trade written by National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Selection and Training of Aircraft Pilots and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Tricks of the Trade written by Dario Fo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1991 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of talks, workshops, lectures and conference pieces ... which were recorded at the time before being written by Fo's wife and collaborator Franca Rame (from introduction).

Download or read book Neural Networks Tricks of the Trade written by Genevieve B. Orr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-07-31 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is our belief that researchers and practitioners acquire, through experience and word-of-mouth, techniques and heuristics that help them successfully apply neural networks to di cult real world problems. Often these \tricks" are theo- tically well motivated. Sometimes they are the result of trial and error. However, their most common link is that they are usually hidden in people’s heads or in the back pages of space-constrained conference papers. As a result newcomers to the eld waste much time wondering why their networks train so slowly and perform so poorly. This book is an outgrowth of a 1996 NIPS workshop called Tricks of the Trade whose goal was to begin the process of gathering and documenting these tricks. The interest that the workshop generated motivated us to expand our collection and compile it into this book. Although we have no doubt that there are many tricks we have missed, we hope that what we have included will prove to be useful, particularly to those who are relatively new to the eld. Each chapter contains one or more tricks presented by a given author (or authors). We have attempted to group related chapters into sections, though we recognize that the di erent sections are far from disjoint. Some of the chapters (e.g., 1, 13, 17) contain entire systems of tricks that are far more general than the category they have been placed in.

Download or read book A Salesman s Tricks of the Trade written by Winston Nash and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-05-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction Sales is first and foremost the art of persuasion. A salesperson persuades someone to part with his or her money in exchange for a product or service. This is done by convincing the customer that he wants the product or service more than he wants his own money. Often this is a formidable task because the goods and services offered by professional salespeople usually cost a lot of money. The good news for the salesperson is that the approach used can significantly improve the odds of success. Like any profession, a sales job becomes a lot easier once you learn the tricks of your trade. I believe that how well a salesperson learns the tricks of the trade can have a big effect on his success, income and career. The degree of success can also affect the salespersons happiness, family life and sense of self-worth. I am convinced that learning these tricks can be financially rewarding and prudent for any salespersons career. Perhaps Wesley Autrey, a New York construction worker, understood achievement best when he simply said; Good things happen when you do good. This book is designed to help you do a good job at selling people things. It describes, explains, and provides examples of the best tricks of the trade I have used in the real world for over twenty-five-years in my sales career. Several (but not all) tricks of the trade require specific rhetorical techniques. In those cases, I will explain the recommended rhetorical procedure as well. When needed, I will explain what questions a salesperson should ask, when to ask these questions, and why we ask these particular questions. I will explain not only the tricks of the trade but I will explain when and why we use specific tricks. I will also do my best to explain how and why these tricks actually work. All the tricks will work for most products and services sales professional typically are asked to sell. They work for inside salespeople as well as outside sales representatives. I have years of experience in both types of sales and the tricks in this book are important and valuable regardless of your sales environment. My own career attests to how well these tricks of the trade can succeed. Because I have used them while working for some of the largest corporations in America, I have frequently won incentive trips to wonderful resorts in the United States as well as those in Cancun, the Bahamas and even Europe. My goal in this book is to suggest ways in which salespeople at any stage of their careers can improve their techniques, hone their strategies, and ultimately, succeed more fully in sales. Vernon Law once warned: Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson. In this book I am going to try to change the natural order of things. This book is designed to give you the lessons first, thereby leveling the playing field between rookies and experienced salespeople. The way I am going to do that is by letting out the secrets I have learned in the real world to everybody in this book. Over the course of my career, I have been to several conferences set up to train the beginning salesperson. This book takes what I have learned in those classes to a more advanced level with concrete suggestions based on my years of actual sales experience. As a result, this book is designed to benefit both novice and experienced salespeople. While each chapter focuses on a different fundamental principle of selling, I also give a very practical spin to what else---in addition to fundamentals---salespeople should understand. This book explains not only how to make a great presentation but all the other things you need to know to be an effective salesperson. Let me give you an example of the type of insight you can expect to gain by reading this book. Usually the first thing a new salesperson receives is training on how to explain what eventually he is supposed to be selling. This includes a detail